If you know, you know. Or do you?

People who lack expertise often lack the expertise to know just how much expertise they lack, says U-M psychologist David Dunning. Even AI suffers the effect. While ChatGPT is designed to provide an answer, it is unable to figure out whether it’s the right answer, he says.
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Consumer sentiment down amid disagreements on new government policies
While Americans’ assessments of personal finances inched up for the fifth consecutive month in January, both the short- and long-run business outlook weakened, says economist Joanne Hsu, director of the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers.
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From the Big House to the Big Game
Wolverines Brandon Graham and Trevor Keegan recently helped their Philadelphia Eagles upset fellow Wolverine Mike Danna and his Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. Playing against alumni is thrilling enough, agree the veterans. But winning the Super Bowl with a MIchigan Man on your team delivers an even greater kick, says first-timer Keegan.
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Listen to your mother—especially if your mother is a climate scientist.
Sierra Petersen, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, studies what Earth’s climate was like millions of years in the past. She also is a member of Science Moms, a group of mothers who are scientists who study climate change. They hope to make climate change a normal topic of conversation—and therefore one that deserves action and attention.
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Not so simple machines: Cracking the code for materials that can learn
It’s easy to think that machine learning is a completely digital phenomenon, made possible by computers and algorithms that can mimic brain-like behaviors. But the first machines were analog and now, a small but growing body of research is showing that mechanical systems are capable of learning, too, say physicists at U-M.
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Who was Robben Fleming?
U-M Regent Philip Power once remarked that Robben Fleming, U-M president from 1968-78, viewed clashes as the engine of progress. Power wasn’t wrong. Fleming’s background in labor law prepared him for the tumultuous decade when student protest and anti-war sentiment captivated the campus.
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Dental alumni discover they have more than Michigan in common: They are siblings
This brother and sister went through the U-M dental school one year apart but never knew about each other until 30 years later. Today, they enjoy a newly expanded network of relatives, friends, and of course, Michigan alumni.
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Creativity and connection across prison walls
One of the world’s largest and longest-running exhibitions of incarcerated artists is back with new programming designed to foster connection and deepen public understanding of incarceration in Michigan. The 29th annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons, curated by U-M’s Prison Creative Arts Project, showcases 772 artworks by 538 artists incarcerated in 26 state prisons. The Duderstadt Center Gallery on U-M’s North Campus is presenting the artwork through April 1.